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Inside: Free monster writing slide is the perfect way to get your students writing during the Fall season along with other fall writing ideas
Happy fall y'all!
I'm popping in to hopefully give you some inspiration for F A L L writing in your classroom! Even if you teach mid to upper elementary and themed and seasonal "fun" stuff isn't at the top of your to do list, you can still incorporate these ideas into your students writing! That is one of my favorite things about writing: the opportunity to make it exciting for our students!
In my classroom we do a few different writing … [Read More...]

Keeping our teacher sanity can be so hard! Teachers are givers. We are lovers. We find it hard put our self first sometimes most of the time. Self care is important for your mental health, your happiness, and those around you. We all know we can't pour from an empty cup. These are 5 of my best ways I keep my teacher sanity. They are easy ideas you can start implementing now to start saving your sanity..
1. Amazon is my BFF
but no, seriously...we are on a first name basis! I buy almost EVERYTHING I need for my classroom on Amazon. I have even started purchasing teacher clothes and all my … [Read More...]

Do you know how many benefits there are from having student jobs in the classroom? Providing your students with leadership roles that your students care about will work wonders for your classroom organization, classroom community, and your teacher sanity! I used to be the teacher with just 2 helpers who did EVERYTHING for me. It worked..it was fine..but I had no idea what I was missing out on!
Last year, I decided to let my students have actual jobs in our classroom. I noticed that we had some areas of need and I wanted to show them that it wasn't just my responsibility to fill those needs. … [Read More...]

Relationships, relationships, relationships! This is the key to ANY classroom and starting now can set the tone for your entire school year. It's back to school season and our lists are LONG! Trust me..I get it! I feel like every time I'm crossing things off my list, a new list is already forming!
As our first week of school wraps up, I always like to get feedback from my students. I want to know how they're feeling about their new classroom, teacher, grade level, and just school in general. I have found that many times a student may be really honest on a piece of paper about something they … [Read More...]